Home and Garden
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Best and worst companion plantsJun 11, 2022 7:00 am - We gardeners spend so much time stressing over what our plants need that we often forget they grew just fine for millennia without us. Suppose we step back from our self...
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Huntley Pollinator Garden set up near the libraryJun 10, 2022 11:00 pm - The Huntley Pollinator Garden at Parisek Park is attracting the monarch butterflies, birds, bees, and other creatures that pollinate the farmland and gardens that grow o...
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Sign up for program on raising monarch butterfliesJun 10, 2022 1:00 am - Learn how to raise healthy monarch butterflies at a workshop hosted by the DuPage Monarch Project from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Sheldon Peck House, 355 E Parksi...
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DuPage Monarch Project to host 'Raising Healthy Monarch Butterflies' June 15Jun 09, 2022 11:00 pm - Love monarch butterflies? Miss seeing the surprise flash of vibrant orange and black wings floating by and eager to invite them back into your neighborhood? Here are a f...
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The garden is planted. Now what? Find out during virtual program WednesdayJun 06, 2022 1:00 am - The garden is planted. Now what? Find out from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in a virtual program presented by the University of Illinois Extension and the Solid Waste Agency...
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How to encourage fuller, more plentiful, flowering plantsJun 05, 2022 7:00 am - Pinch fall-blooming plants, such as chrysanthemums and hardy asters, to control their size and increase production of flowers. Pinching will induce side branching, produ...
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Six gardens, unlimited ideas: Lisle Garden Gait walk marks 20 yearsJun 02, 2022 11:00 pm - Bright colors, majestic plants and playful surprises will give Lisle Garden Gait Walk visitors a bushel full of gardening ideas. The Lisle Woman's Club is celebrating it...
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'Let's let the dust settle': New rules for waste hauling go live in unincorporated Lake CountyJun 01, 2022 1:00 am - New rules for landscape burning restrictions and waste hauling in unincorporated Lake County went live Wednesday, and officials say they will stay atop any issues during...
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Storage that goes well beyond the utilitarianMay 29, 2022 7:00 am - You might think of storage cabinets as utilitarian. But designers are forever fascinated with how a simple cupboard can be built, dressed and adorned in ways that showca...
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How to plant containers for patios and decksMay 29, 2022 7:00 am - The containers you are going to use for seasonal plantings should have at least one bottom hole for drainage. A layer of gravel in the bottom of the container is not nec...